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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Q plan in which he has been inspired by his time with Margo?

2. What does Q say knowing Margo Roth Spiegelman is?

3. What are Q and his friends considered in high school?

4. Into what does Q say Margo turns herself?

5. What does Margo say is extremely small?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Robert Joyner and what do Margo and Q have to do with the man?

2. Describe Radar and his relationship to Q.

3. How does Margo offer to reward Q and what is his response?

4. What happens when Q, Radar and Ben approach an abandoned building in their search for Margo?

5. About what does Q fantasize concerning Margo as he is going through her room for clues, and what does he decide to do?

6. What do Margo and Q do at the SunTrust Building?

7. Describe Ben Starlling and his relationship to Q.

8. What is Margo's relationship to Q?

9. How does Q feel the next morning and who does he tell about his escapades with Margo at Chuck's house?

10. Describe Q's conversation with Otis Warren.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in Paper Towns.

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of Paper Towns. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of Paper Towns. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

Essay Topic 2

Many people were running from their problems, such as jobs they hated, marriages which were bad or escaping from relatives they did not like, by leaving for the gold fields. Many realized very quickly that no matter how far they ran their character flaws were always there. Margo has run from her problems but then finds she must face the central cause of his problems, herself.

1. Running from problems by going somewhere else is called a "geographic cure." Discuss what do you think this means.

2. Do you believe taking the geographic cure is a good idea or a bad idea? Why or why not? Could it be different depending on the circumstance? How did running help Margo? How did it harm her?

3. Discuss two situations that might respond well to a geographic cure and two that wouldn't be helped with on. Does Margo's determination to leave home seem like a geographic cure? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Margo hates everything normal about herself and feels no one around her is authentic. She seems to be a person fully alienated and critical of her society and her social group. She does not fit into any of the social groups even though she is admired by her peers.

1. What do you think a student should do if she/he doesn't fit into the crowd at school? Use examples from Paper Towns and your life to support your answer.

2. What do you think makes a student stick out from others? Use examples from Paper Towns and your life to support your answer.

3. Why do you think Margo feels different from her peers? Use examples from Paper Towns and your life to support your answer.

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